Improvement in foot-warming attachments for sewing-machine treadles



AN N l E R. BU S H,

Treadles".

Patented March 11, 1873.

I AM PHOTO-LITHOG/MPHIC CO. NM 0819021155 PROCESS) IINITED STATES PATENTOFFICE.

ANNIE It. BUSH, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT lN FOOT-WARMING ATTACHMENTS FOR SEWING-MACHINE TREADLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 136,582, dated Marrh11, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANNIE R. BUSH, of Chicago, in the county of Cook andState of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement inFoot-Warmin g Attachments for Sewing-Machine Treadles; and I do declarethat the following is a true and accurate description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing and to the letters of referencemarked thereon and being a part of this specification, in which- Figure1 is a perspective view of a sewingmachine table, with myimprovementattached, closed. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the attachment open.

Like letters indicate like parts in each figure.

This invention has for its object to provide a foot-warming attachmentto the treadles of sewing-machines; and it consists in constructing inthe treadle a chamber inthe form of a segment of a circle, provided witha cover hinged at its back edge; also in providing a warming-iron, itscontour corresponding with the shape of the treadle into which it isplaced, as is more fully hereinafter set forth.

In the drawing, A represents a treadle, consisting of a chamber in thegeneral form of a segment of a circle, which is properly attached to thegirder-rod B of a sewing-machine; this treadle is provided with a cover,0, hinged at its rear side, and has a downwardly-turned 1ip,-a, upon itsfront edge, which, when the cover is closed down, will clasp over thefront side of the treadle-chamber; this cover may be provided withindentations, in the general outline of a persons foot, to prevent thefeet slipping from it while being in operation. I) is a warming-iron,its shape corresponding to the inside of the treadle-chamber; it isprovided with a slot or opening, 1), into which the point of the handleF fits.

Having described and named the various parts of my invention, I will nowproceed to explain its uses.

In many of our large manufacturing establishments, where sewing-machinesare in use, the apartments are not thoroughly warm in the early part ofthe day, and the operators suffer considerable inconvenience from havingcold feet, and the labor it takes to run the machine; these difficultiesI overcome by constructing the treadle of the machine hollow, in which Iplace one of the warming-irons D, it having been previously heated forthat purpose; the operator can now sit at the machine without havingcold feet, while at the same time the heat from the treadle warms itslubricant, and thus renders the running of the machine much easier thanif those parts of the machine were cold. Two of these irons D should beprovided for each machine, the one being heated while the other is inuse.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is,--

Ahollow or box treadle for sewing-machines, provided with a receptaclefor a heated iron, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

ANNIE R. BUSH.

Witnesses:

WM. H. LOTZ, GEO. W. FERRIS.

